Joseph Beuys was one of the most influential artists, who famously proclaimed that everyone is an artist. He was a member of Fluxus and German Green Party. As artist, his ideas of social sculpture embraced environmental, political and cultural issues. Beuy’s seminal performances include How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (1965) and I Like America and America Likes Me (1974).

For Beuys, spiritual and mythical force are essential in society in relation to the female archetype and unearthly worlds. The stag in German legends symbolizes a spirit guide and accompanier of the soul. Wounded stag appears as a result of human violation against nature. Beuys’s drawings are vital components for ideas for his performance and activism. The drawings consist of unconventional mediums including hare’s blood, animal fat, margarine and pressed flowers. Model sketches with shape of female genital refer to    mythological deities and resistance against patriarchal society.

For BAB 2024, Beuy’s drawings and objects are displayed alongside museum collection including prehistoric vessels, lingga, yoni, goddesses, deities, ancient manuscripts and mythical objects at Siwamokkhapiman Throne Hall, National Museum. Although they seem far apart, sacred and mythological artifacts in the museum collection and Beuys’s delicate art objects share respect and dedication to mother earth goddesses.